College Advice by Snoopy

Sage advice from a trusted friend.

Joe Cool always spends the first two weeks at college sailing his frisbee.

[UPDATED] More inclusive advice:

Always spend the first two weeks at college sailing your Frisbee.

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San Francisco FlameThrowers: 2017 AUDL Champions

The San Francisco FlameThrowers earned their first American Ultimate Disc League title with a 1-goal win in the AUDL championship.

San Francisco finished in first place in the AUDL West South Division then won the West Division Championship game - their very first postseason win and their first Division title - to advance to the AUDL Championship Weekend in Montreal.

In the major Quebec city, the FlameThrowers won their Saturday semifinal 23-19 over Madison and then played a rematch of the AUDL Cross-Coast Challenge by facing Toronto Rush in Sunday's final. Down by 2 after the first quarter, San Francisco FlameThrowers won AUDL VI by the score of 30-29 (16's halftime). The Championship Game MVP for Toronto Rush was Ben Burelle; FlameThrowers, Grant Lindsley.

With Sunday's win...
7 = # of times San Francisco scored 30 or more goals in a game during 2017 season.

(3-0) = San Francisco's record in the 2nd game of a back-to-back.

San Francisco became the 5th team to win an AUDL title.

This is Beau Kittredge's 4th consecutive AUDL title.

3 of the 6 AUDL titles have been won by Bay Area AUDL teams.

$20,000 = prize money awarded to the FlameThrowers team for winning the AUDL title.

$500 = prize money FT's won at Cascades Cup (April 2017)

The AUDL 2017 Season is Over

After a very long season (the longest in fact), the American Ultimate Disc League which got started in April is over.

Logo Update: Madison Radicals After Another Postseason Loss

BREAKING: Madison Radicals, who have won the Midwest Division 5 consecutive AUDL seasons and played at ever Championship Weekend since 2013, to rebrand team identity after losing again in the postseason.

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AUDL 2017 Championship Weekend (August 26-27)

Montréal is the site of the American Ultimate Disc League's Championship Weekend. The semifinal on Saturday begins with Madison Radicals (#1) versus San Francisco FlameThrowers (#4) at 4PM ET followed by Dallas Roughnecks (#3) versus Toronto Rush (#2) at 7PM ET. The AUDL final will be played on Sunday at 1PM ET.

View all games online at AUDL.tv

Summary of Best AUDL Players in 2017

Evan Lepler borrowed Baseball America's annual "Tools Survey" concept for the American Ultimate Disc League and learned the best players - as decided by each division's coaches - in 20 different skills categories. One player from each division - East, Midwest, South, West - was recognized in each category.

Team Tools by Division
All but 3 AUDL teams earned recognition. Every Final Four team were tops or tied for most in their division.

Full List of "Tool" Recognitions by Category

Players with Multiple "Tool" Recognitions
Overall, fifty-five (55) different AUDL players were recognized. The following players were recognized in multiple categories:
4 = Jonathan Nethercutt (Raleigh Flyers) with Best Handler, Hucks, Flick and Hammer.

3 = Jeff Babbitt (New York Empire), Andrew Brown (Madison Radicals), Andrew Carroll (Toronto Rush), Mischa Freystaetter (Jacksonville Cannons), Max Thorne(Pittsburgh Thunderbirds)

2 = Derek Alexander (Ottawa Outlaws), Chuck Cao (San Jose Spiders), Greg Cohen (San Francisco FlameThrowers), Dylan Freechild (Dallas Roughnecks), Rick Gross (Indianapolis AlleyCats), Cameron Harris (Toronto Rush), Pawal Janas (Chicago Wildfire), Bobby Ley (Jacksonville Cannons), Jimmy Mickle (Dallas Roughnecks), Justin Norden (San Jose Spiders), Michael Pardo (Chicago Wildfire), Joel Schlachet (San Francisco FlameThrowers)

37 other players were recognized in one category.

[data via Tuesday Toss; charts by SLUDGE]